It Might As Well Be Spring!

The sap is running, flowers are blooming, and the birds are returning.

American Robin (Turdus migratorius) - Samuel Holland Park, Quebéc

Just east of Québec, Cap Tourmente Wildlife Reserve protects a major staging ground for Greater Snow Geese.  They are the eastern equivalent of the Lesser Snow Geese which gather twice a year in tens of thousands at Freezeout Lake (near where I grew up).  A similar migration spectacle can be observed here each spring and fall at Cap Tourmente (just under 1-hour's drive from Québec).  We saw ~ 8,000 geese (the migration was just starting), as well as other birds including this woodpecker, a peregrine falcon, turkey vultures, and even a familiar (from MT) gray jay.

Just past this tree are all the geese.

Last year's cattails on the edge of the river.

Pussy willows!  One of many flowers that epitomize spring.

Grape Hyacinths in our garden

Tulips (and rhubarb) in our garden